Tag Archives: first person

Dactylio or Dactylo

By Douglas | Published: April 2, 2008
Inspired by another fun illustration at Gorilla Artfare. Etymological concerns mostly based on this page. Enough of that crap. My introduction to [dactylio] came illicitly enough in the form of spying on my older brother one summer he visited back from [cool sounding magic school or guildish name]. Since I am merely a pawn of [...]
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Day 134: Paradise Theatre Overhaul

By Douglas | Published: January 9, 2008
I’m really in my office. Thirty-four floors above the 16th Street Mall in downtown Denver, Colorado. I feel as if I am in a Polaroid from the 70′s. The blues faded, the reds indistinct, and the blacks turned a sickly green. The “Welcome Back Kotter” t-shirt I’m wearing is an iron-on and the collar isn’t [...]
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Day 103: The Balance of Marrow

By Douglas | Published: December 4, 2007
I’m pressing the crescant to his neck and he’s saying words like magic.  Words that feel like they could unbreak a jar, maybe raise the dead. "The best waters are swift and shallow."  He’s trembling as he chants, "The best waters are swift and shallow."  I realize he doesn’t believe the words, doesn’t trust their [...]
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